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Any must-see guitar stores in Cologne?
Hi there,
I will be in Cologne in a couple of weeks- any great guitar stores? Thanks.
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Isn't Music Store (a very BIG music emporium, also operating online as musicstore.de) based in Koln (Cologne)?
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Im about 45 minutes outside Cologne. MusicStore is the one to see. It’s huge and makes the Guitar Center in my old home town look tiny. It has a decent acoustic level. Many mediocre guitars but a nice Taylor room and plenty of nice Gibson’s, quite a few Martins and a handful of nice Guilds. Some of the stuff that is not ready available in the US is fun to see. Some Sigmas and Tangelwoods I believe.
I bought my J45 from there in 2016. The electric level was fun to see too. There is a cafe and restaurant on site as well. Pretty cool place. Other than that i haven’t heard of too much around. |
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Just out of curiosity, is there any difference between the prices charged in their showroom and the ones charged in the "online store"?
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Seeing in your sig what you already have I doubt the visit will be worth the time... I'm also not aware of a good store with acoustic guitars. There's one in Wuppertal, which is not that far, but I have never been there. http://n-a-g.info/ |
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Guitar Basar, run by the legendary German guitarist Peter Finger (who also builds guitars), usually has interesting builders such as Poljakoff:
http://www.acoustic-music.de/Guitar-Basar It's about 1,5 hours from Cologne... |
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Beyers or Guitar Point.
Tommy’s in Viersen was awesome, with an incredible variety of high end makes; but it’s out of business. If you have time and/or transportation; The Fellowship of Acoustics is the best shop in the general area of Northern Germany / The Netherlands. They will deal, where Germans are more “take it or leave it” oriented; and they have no problem dropping the VAT (they used my Stateside address for billing records). |
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A guitar store downtown, but it's nothing exceptional. It's an outlet for the larger store outside of town.
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Yes, The Fellowship of Acoustics is fantastic, a whole house full of great guitars. If you have time and a car, make a trip to the Guitar Basar and from there to The Fellowship of Acoustics, both more or less the same direction from Cologne and not too far away.
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Check out Köln Guitars
They carry lots of German brands like Lakewood |